Bit ring



July 27 1926.

' T. v. OGDEN BIT RING Filed Sept. 8, 1925 I lzz'iih g-$0 1505 n of the rings with the bit connected to them,

Patented July 27, 1926.

- THOMAS v. OGDEN, or vsAN'rA ANA, cAnIFonNIA.

- BIT RING.

A iieationmea September 8, 1925. Serial No. 54,976i

This invention relates toiniprovements in hit rings for horses bits and the like.

be attached, which ring is so constructed that an attaching member, which may be attached to a check rein, may be easily andquickly 7 attached and detached therefrom. i

A further object of the inventionis to. provide a bit ring having a hook attachable to and detachable therefrom, which hook is adapted to have the check rein connected V1th the foregoing and. other objects in View which-will be made manifest'in the following detailed description and-specifically pointed out in the appended claim; reference is had to the accompanying drawings for an illustrativeembodiment of the invention, wherein i 1 Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating the improved ring'in applied'position.

Fig. 2 is a'perspective viewillustratin'g two one of the hook members being shown as be} ing detached fromthe ring, and I Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; w I

Referring to the accompanying drawings V wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughouflfthe ring is indicatedat 10, being circular-or of any other desired form, and two of the rings are connected to the opposite ends of the bit B.

Adjacent the top of the each ring a strut 11 extends thereacross, defining aportion 12* on the ring, to which a strap 13 may be connected, which passes over'the horses head. The strut 11 maintains the strap '13 on the portion 12 and in this mannerthe'ring will not be permitted to readily rotate relatively tothe strap 13 and the bit 13. 1

On the rearwardi side of each ring and adjacent the endof the strut 11 there are formed two grooves 14 and 15 which are 'on opposite sides of the ring and are opposite each other to provide a portion 16' of reduced thickness. These grooves are ex- 7 "tended across the ring other than at a right claim. 1

angle, or in other wordsthe grooves are not 0n radii from the center of the ring. An object of the inventionis to provide H a ring to which the. end of a horses bit may A hook 17 is also providechto which the a flattened surface 19 disposed -in:.spaced rerrENr1 oFFiCE'. j

.lation from the shank20.a The .spacebetween the flattened surface 19andthe shank 20 is approximatelyequal to the, thickness ;of the reduced portion 16. In this manner it will be obvious that the hook cannot be applied to or detached -from tne ring at any otherpart thanat the reduced portion 16,- which is always located above the center of so i the ring because of the limited .movement of the ring'relatively to the strap 13 limited by means of the strut 11. Co'nseqnently, there is no danger of the hook 17 rising on the ring so that it might slipofi from it on the reduced portion 16. Furthermore, as

the grooves are other than radial, it willbe no'tedthat inorder to detach the hook fromthe ring, it will be necessary to turn the hookupwardly. This is an unnatural position for the hook because of the'fact that there is usually tension on the check rein C.

butif there is no such tension, the hook will normally slide to the 'bottom'of the ring.

However, if i't'is desired'to manually attach the check rein to the ring orto detach; it from it, the hook can be readilyturned into the 'requiredposition and caused to slide on or off from the rlng on the reduced portion From the above it will be appreciated that an improved bit ring andfastener or attach- 7 111;? member ,is provided, whicheliminates the use of spr ngs, but facilitates the attach- ,ment oridetachment of the check rein C.'

It will beund'erstood that various changes in the detail of'construc-tion may be made without departing from the spirit or scope ring to which n tached, said ring having astrut extending.

across a'po'rtion thereof and forrninga strap receiving opening adapted to be disposed at the pp p ton f the ring whenthe ring is attached to the bit and having a. portion of reduced thickness adjacent said strut, and a hook to which a eheekrein is adapted to be conneci'ed, said hook having its end spaced from the shank a distance approximately equzdto the thieknessof the reduced pwtion m: ihe ring, whereby the hook-131213 be slipped into and off from the ring only LSQLLOIS at the portion oi the reduced thickness which is so disposed in the normal position of the 10 device as to prevent accidental displacement thereof.

In tesi'imeny whereof I name to this specification.

THOMA S V.

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